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The human losses during the Armenian genocide in two Iraqi Newspapers of February 1919 by Ara Ashjian Lecturer of Armenian History and Cause Researcher Baghdad, Iraq |
Two Iraqi newspapers published in 1919 mentioned, quoting from foreign sources, that the number 1.5 million of Armenian losses (up to that date) was turned up after an investigation was conducted into this matter.
“Al-Arab” (published in Baghdad city) and “Al-Mosul” (published in Al-Mosul city) Iraqi newspapers said (translating from Arabic): “The Petit Parisien newspaper was informed from Al-Istana (Istanbul) that an investigation was conducted into the Armenian massacres which concluded that 1.5 million people were killed and that Enver Pasha, Taalat Pasha, Jemal Pasha and General Liman Von Sanders had the greatest responsibility for these massacres, and that half of the Armenian people were killed because the massacres were organized scientifically by the Germans..”.
(The Armenian Massacres, Al-Arab newspaper, No. 472, Feb. 10, 1919, Baghdad, Iraq, p.3; External Events-The Armenian Massacres, Al-Mosul newspaper, No. 36, Feb. 24, 1919, Mosul, Iraq, p.3).
“Al-Mosul” newspaper also said: “A telegram from
Furthermore, according to German Interim Ambassador to
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